Officer gets death for cop killing
The Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a death sentence given to a former military officer for killing two policemen and injuring another during a 2007 drug-busting operation.
Major Chanon Chinnawong, 46, was convicted of shooting Pol Senior Sgt-Major Manoch Srilakorn, Pol Corporal Sawai Arjnongwa and Pol Lieutenant Sarit Aksorn on April 11, 2007, as he resisted their attempt to arrest him and his drug-trafficking accomplices at an apartment in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district. The shooting killed Manoch and Sawai, and also injured Sarit.
However, the court overruled the murder convictions of Chanon’s accomplices Sukhum Juajamjan and Witoon Niyakij because it was unclear whether they had used weapons.
According to the court, Sukhum and Witoon will be detained pending review from the Supreme Court.
Sukhum, Witoon and Chanon were all convicted of drug trafficking, with Sukhum getting more than 13 years in jail plus a fine of Bt80,000 and the other two 40 years in jail and a fine of Bt3 million each.
